"You know where were going now? We're going home."
-Taylor to Turtle, when they are both finnaly together as a true legal family, pg. 246
"Estevan, I know it doesn't do any good to say things like this, but I dont want to loose you."
Taylor showing how much she is going to miss Estevan, and shows her love for him. She has never lost anyone she loved before. pg. 232
"She entertained me with her vegetable soup song, except that now there were people mixed in with the beans and potatoes: Dwane Ray, Mattie, Esperanza, Lou Ann, and all the rest. And Me, I was the main ingrediant. "
-Taylor and Turtle on the ride home from there long journey, pg. 246
"It's like this, theres a whole invisible plant system webing out the plant you'd never guess was there."
Taylor talking to Turtle about Rhizobia, pg. 241